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LOL TOLHURST + EVI VINE – QUARTERS, BRIGHTON 28.10.26 As well as being an acclaimed author, drummer Lol Tolhurst is famously known as one of the founding members along with Robert Smith of Crawley’s punk turned goth outfit The Cure. Tolhurst played on all of The Cure releases from ‘Killing An Arab’ (1978) to ‘Disintegration’ […]
ADULT DVD + LTTL MORT – CHALK, BRIGHTON 27.10.26 The Great Escape isn’t an easy set for any band. Surrounded by lanyards and stoic industry faces, it’s hard to get anyone to move, no matter how frenetic your performance is. Adult DVD may be one of the only bands to succeed at this: “I think […]
‘VARIOUS ARTISTS’ – ‘MUTATIONS FESTIVAL’, VARIOUS VENUES, BRIGHTON 23-24.10.26 Brighton’s seminal ‘Mutations Festival’ has returned for its eighth edition and again is curated and produced by concert promoters FORM. Having published Day One HERE, we now concentrate on Day Two. SATURDAY 24th OCTOBER: SUNDAY MOURNERS – Green Door Store (13:10 – 13:40) Sunday Mourners are […]
‘VARIOUS ARTISTS’ – ‘MUTATIONS FESTIVAL’, VARIOUS VENUES, BRIGHTON 23-24.10.26 Brighton’s seminal ‘Mutations Festival’ has returned for its eighth edition and again is curated and produced by concert promoters FORM. It has certainly boasted an exciting mix of the most explosive, established, and brand-new international artists, who were showing punters exactly what they had on offer! […]
A burglar or burglars stole gold in a series of targeted burglaries, police believe. Sussex Police said this afternoon (Friday 30 October): “Following recent burglaries in Brighton, Portslade and Shoreham, we’re encouraging members of the public to remain vigilant and report anything suspicious.” The burglaries happened on Saturday 24 October, last Sunday (25 October) and […]
Theatre Royal was buzzing with excited children of all ages and their families. I was accompanied by my 8-year-old granddaughter. There’s a backdrop across the stage dripping with ‘blood’ across which a shadowy axe rolls. It’s 30 years since the first Horrible Histories book by Terry Deary was published which was followed by a TV […]
During his time as presenter of the CBBC show Deadly 60, Steve Backshall has been bought to tears by bullet ants, narrowly avoided becoming a Great White’s dinner and lost a chunk of finger to a hungry piranha. His adventures have inspired, informed and entertained youngsters for almost 20 years. And, although those early audiences […]
A drug dealer who stole almost £3,000 worth of electricity to power the cannabis farm in his loft has been spared jail. Moemen Al-Seddeik, 37, watched YouTube videos to learn how to tamper with his electricity meter so it didn’t record any power being used. But the farm was uncovered after police raided his home […]
A new self-serve wine bar in The Lanes is opening to the public on Monday. Vagabond Wines opened its doors to press at a preview night at its Duke Street premises last night. The bar features more than 100 wines in carefully temperature controlled cases, each with a tube connecting to the self pour machines. […]
Live Nation has announced U.K. and Europe dates for Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth, a world tour that will see U2‘s Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. return to select stadiums in 2027 and beyond. The 2027 European leg will kick off in Stockholm on April 26th – […]
Having been absolutely blown away by the She Wants Revenge live set at the Forever Now festival at the Milton Keynes Bowl last year on 22nd July, I had a strong suspicion that when this Los Angeles based rock outfit announced their UK & Europe tour 11 days ago that the tickets would be flying […]
A council standards panel is to hear a complaint made by the former mayor of Brighton and Hove about her deputy mayor. The standards panel is due to meet at 10am tomorrow (Friday 30 October) at Hove Town Hall although the meeting looks likely to take place behind closed doors. A 100-page report setting out […]
CineCity presents new film Elsinore Duke of York Cinema on Sunday 15th November 2026 Andrew Scott takes centre stage in Elsinore, a moving biopic about the final months of actor Ian Charleson’s life, closing this year’s CineCity Brighton Film Festival with a story of artistic determination, queer resistance and the power of performance. Best known […]
CineCity presents new film King Auk Depot Cinema, Lewes on Sunday 8th November 2026 A remarkable story of extinction, scientific discovery and artistic commemoration takes centre stage in King Auk, a new documentary following the creation of a life-sized bronze memorial to one of Britain’s lost seabirds. In May 1813, a hunter on the remote […]
CineCity presents new film Tender Loving Care Duke of York Cinema on Friday 13th November 2026 Mike Leigh returns with a new film, possibly his last one entitled Tender Loving Care, an intimate, bittersweet drama exploring friendship, family relationships and the realities of growing older. Widely rumoured to be the acclaimed director’s final film, it […]
